However, hypomania is less extreme than mania. Both can lead to issues functioning at work and in your personal life, but hypomania episodes are less likely to cause noticeable problems.
People with bipolar II normally have a major depressive episode that lasts at least two weeks along with hypomania, a mania that is mild to moderate and does not normally require hospital care.
alternation between manic and depressive symptoms without manic, mixed, or major depressive episodes; may include hypomanic episodes (but less than 4 days) without intercurrent depression ...
Sometimes hypomania escalates to acute mania. Characterized by episodes of hypomania and depressive symptoms not meeting criteria for a major depression, cyclothymia is manifested as changes in ...
People with bipolar disorder may be at a higher risk of developing premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), but neither condition directly causes the other.